Ryan Jackson, 14, woke up shortly before 1am to find the 3.5m serpent wrapped around his arm with a mouthful of hand. Alerted by his cries, parents Emma and Neville Jackson barrelled into the pitch ...

A Sydney man has been handed a hefty fine for ripping ‘sacred’ green tree pythons from a Cape national park with a magistrate slamming his crime as being “deeply disrespectful” toward the environment ...

A Sydney man faces the prospect of a jail term and a $50,000 fine after pleading guilty to taking ‘sacred’ green tree pythons from Cape York that traditional owners describe as integral to their ...